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He stepped down, trying not to look long at her, as if she were the sun, yet he saw her, like the sun, even without looking. ✨ Anna Karenina. Novel by Leo Tolstoy. Part 1, Chapter 9, 1878.
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If you want to be happy, try only to please God, not people. ✨ Leo Tolstoy (2013). Wise Thoughts for Every Day: On God, Love, the Human Spirit, and Living a Good Life, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.
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He stepped down, trying not to look long at her, as if she were the sun, yet he saw her, like the sun, even without looking. ✨ Anna Karenina. Novel by Leo Tolstoy. Part 1, Chapter 9, 1878.

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